Meeting Women Who Were Homefront Heroines: the WAVES of World War II

“Your Coat”

In general, your coat will have wide, rounded shoulders, deeper armholes, and if it is belted, it will be trimly pulled in. There are three chief types of coats, any of which may be fur-trimmed or plain. . .

The boxy reefer, either short or long, but a far softer coat than its pre-war version you may have lived in.